LSAT 142 – Section 4 – Question 24

LSAT 142 - Section 4 - Question 24

December 2014

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT142 S4 Q24
+LR
Weaken +Weak
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
2%
157
B
2%
158
C
28%
161
D
67%
165
E
1%
154
142
155
168
 +Harder 147.564 +SubsectionMedium

The makers of Activite, a natural dietary supplement, claim that it promotes energy and mental alertness. To back up their claim, they offer a month’s supply of Activite free to new customers. Clearly, Activite must be effective, since otherwise it would not be in the company’s interest to make such an offer.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that Activate is effective. This is because the makers of Activate offer a free month’s supply to customers, which they wouldn’t do if Activate was ineffective.

Notable Assumptions
In order for the free sample to be in the company’s interest, the author assumes that the makers of Activate don’t get any benefit from the free sample, besides having potential customers try their product. Any hidden benefit, such as an investment agreement the company signed or a cash benefit the company gets from shipping their product, would weaken the author’s argument.

A
The nutrients in Activite can all be obtained from a sufficiently varied and well-balanced diet.
The author never said Activate is necessary. It’s simply a supplement that helps people who may otherwise, for whatever reason, not get those nutrients in their diet.
B
There are less expensive dietary supplements on the market that are just as effective as Activite.
Activate can still be effective even if it’s not the most cost-efficient.
C
A month is not a sufficient length of time for most dietary supplements to be fully effective.
Even if Activate doesn’t show itself to be “fully” effective in a month, it might still prove to be effective.
D
The makers of Activite charge a handling fee that is considerably more than what it costs them to pack and ship their product.
Activate’s makers ingeniously make money from the free sample. This gives us some other reason why the company would choose to offer the free samples.
E
The mere fact that a dietary supplement contains only natural ingredients does not insure that it has no harmful side effects.
The author has no stance on side effects. All that matters is whether sending free samples proves Activate is effective.

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